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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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